I am writing a text file through the terminal using nano; everytime I need to select a position of a certain line of my text I can't help but scrolling all the lines moving the blinking cursor using ...

Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 64bits using bash
I would like to change the color of the comments (Dark blue) for nano and pico
I can change the color of pretty much every files and folders in /home/.dircolors ...

I'm currently working on making a text file of the whole process of setting up my server for my normal usage.
And would like to know if there is any way to write a shell script so that I can make the ...

How do I delete selected text in the nano editor?
I came across this issue while needing to delete the virtual host file and replace its content completely by other content. But the problem is that I ...

Using the Nano text editor, I'm trying to save and exit a file.
I already have the file named.
I click control+x to exit.
I click y because I want to save the file, now it say file to write, Ok I'm ...

As the title says; Nano via the terminal, how to write special characters?
I am having trouble trying to debug a UTF8 problem and would like to create a special character in a file via the terminal.
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I am trying to follow these instructions to permit new updates of an opensource GIS software program to take place on my Ubuntu: http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#ubuntu
I used nano ...

I'm using nano inside a MATLAB session that is running inside a screen (-x) terminal. I accidentally hit Ctrl-Z and it immediately leaves nano, prints "Use "fg" to return to nano", but does not show ...

I have completely the same problem as the guy in this question. So basically I am using nano somefile.txt editing it and then permissions denied because I forgot to use sudo. The only difference from ...

I'm trying to set a 'default' syntax highlighting scheme for nano when I'm editing files with no extension such as /etc/nginx/sites-available/default or /etc/ssh/sshd_config but I can't seem to make ...

Is it possible to edit an existing text file using only one line of command and Nano. For instance if I have a text file called "new.txt" and I want to write "HELLO WORLD" in it. Can I do like this:
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Can anyone provide some assistance with Nano? When I do a git commit -a -m "blah some text" it brings up the Nano editor, but the editor is completely unresponsive to my keyboard commands including ...

my problem is that i keep forgetting to write sudo before every time i use nano, and eventually what happens is i work on a file for a while and don't have permissions. i remember hearing somewhere ...

some times while I am editing my files with nano I am facing difficulty while deleting some big line, I need to hold Del key for long time.
is there any shortcut I can found to delete the total line ...

I want to jump through lines faster in ubuntu 12.04 server.
For example my errorlog shows me an error in line 514, how can I jump to the line directly using nano or pico ? If it's not possible, how to ...

Does anyone know of a music player that supports the ipod nano 7g? I know amarok doesn't, and I haven't had any success playing around with rhythm box or banshee. Any suggestions for how to get these ...

Where can I find a complete list of supported colors used in syntax highlighting for the GNU Nano text editor? I've looked through the man pages, and it gave the syntax for defining syntax coloring, ...

To indent a whole block of code in nano, after selecting it with alt+a, I have to press alt+{, which doesn't work on my german layout macintosh keyboard (and would be pretty annoying even if it did).
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i am using NANO as my everyday text editor. I'm using an old laptop, so NANO it's fast, lightweight, and saves me battery. The only problem is the fact i can't use Special Characters and accents.
For ...

I can select all file by going to the 1st line Alt+\, start marking the text by Alt+A, go to the last line by Alt+/
But there, I don't know which key to remove the selected text. Hit delete doesn't ...

Noob here, setting up my first linux box.
I'm following this page to install eclipse
I get to the part where it says to save the nano file - but it's asking me for a file name and I don't know what ...

The Alt key is used for many useful commands, but unfortunately it's caught by the terminal window to activate the window menus (File, Edit, ...).
I would like to either force the terminal window to ...

I use Geany a lot for editing, but ultimately use nano far more often. While navigating nano I use Ctrl+K and Ctrl+U key combo all the time (Cut/Paste). Yes, I understand there is Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V ...